Found 2086 Companionship & Social Support volunteering opportunities in Australia

Looking for a flexible volunteer role that makes a positive difference to another person and reduces loneliness in our community? We are seeking champion volunteers to visit lonely older people in the northern suburbs. Our program helps to improve the lives of older people who face social isolation through meaningful friendships. It's very rewarding, flexible, and suited to anyone who is friendly, kind and reliable!

Looking for a flexible volunteer role that makes a positive difference to another person and reduces loneliness in our community? We are seeking champion volunteers to visit lonely older people in Ivanhoe and its surrounding suburbs. Our program helps to improve the lives of older people who face social isolation through meaningful friendships. It's very rewarding, flexible, and suited to anyone who is friendly, kind and reliable!

Do you enjoy driving and working with seniors? Would you like to be a part of a great team, supporting people to live independently in the community? If you love to drive, have a current C class drivers’ licence and enjoy a chat, we assist older people to get to medical appointments, go shopping and out to see loved ones, Mon on weekdays. Our drivers are well supported to be responsible for the welfare and comfort of their passengers to their appointment and home.

Make a difference! We are looking for volunteers who are interested in visiting older people living in residential aged care or at home. If you are friendly, love a chat and can commit to visiting someone regularly please get in touch.

Flexible hours! Visiting program - 1 hour a fortnight minimum at a time that suits you. We are looking for friendly, compassionate and caring volunteers interested in enriching the lives of older people living in residential aged care or at home. If you love a chat and can commit to visiting someone regularly please get in touch.

Visiting program for older people living in residential aged care or at home. Can you spare 1 hr a fortnight? If you are friendly, love a chat and can commit to visiting someone regularly please get in touch.

Make a difference! We are looking for volunteers who are interested in visiting older people living in residential aged care or at home. If you are friendly, love a chat and can commit to visiting someone regularly please get in touch.

Make a difference! We are looking for volunteers who are interested in visiting older people living in residential aged care or at home. If you are friendly, love a chat and can commit to visiting someone regularly please get in touch.

Make a difference! 1 hr a fortnight when it suits you! We are looking for volunteers who are interested in visiting older people living in residential aged care or at home. If you are friendly, love a chat and can commit to visiting someone regularly please get in touch.

We have a fun position at Woolgoolga day programme helping our elderly clients with quizzes, bingo, morning tea and lunch. We are looking for a volunteer for Fridays between 9am and 3pm. A staff member will be on hand to train the volunteer

Waratah Respite Services, is a community where carers can choose to maintain their loved ones at home for as long as practicable and desirable through the availability of a range of flexible, person centred options. Our Social Support Program is designed to enhance a participant's independence by promoting physical activity, cognitive stimulation, good nutrition, emotional well-being, and social stimulation.

We have flexible opportunities for Volunteer Visitors to visit older people in their own homes in the northern suburbs, who enjoy a chat, are empathetic and kind with good communication and listening skills.

Legacy Brisbane supports widows and families of our servicemen and women. We are looking for two passionate, motivated volunteers to phone our older widows to check on well-being and needs in the Contact Centre at South Brisbane. There will also be administrative tasks attached to this role. You will need to have excellent verbal and written communication skills. You will need to be computer literate. You will not be selling, promoting or asking for money, it is purely a curtesy wellbeing call.

We are on the hunt for volunteers, aged 18+ who want to make a difference to an older person living in an aged care home. By volunteering in an aged care residential facility, you can improve the quality of life for older people who have limited contact with others and as a result are at risk of isolation and loneliness– whether for social or cultural reasons, or due to disability.

We have an opportunity for a Volunteer Visitor to visit an older person in their own home in Port Elliot, who enjoys a chat, is empathetic with good communication and listening skills and has an understanding of older people.

We are looking for passionate volunteers who would like to mentor students at primary and/or secondary schools. Volunteers should have good communication and life skills, a desire to make a difference to young peoples education and an ability to work within a school environment with a professional approach.

1 Hour per week of your time is all it takes to put a smile on an older persons face. We are looking for friendly, compassionate and caring volunteers interested in enriching the lives of older people living in residential aged care or at home. If you love a chat and can commit to visiting someone regularly please get in touch.

Become a Silverchain volunteer and enrich lives of seniors in your community through meaningful connections. Silverchain is looking for dedicated volunteers to help the elderly in regional Western Australia to improve their digital technology skills and use their devices to stay connected with family and friends.

Lack of transport is a common barrier for seniors to remain part of their community. Having no transport can stop them from doing the things they need to do, and leads to feelings of loneliness and isolation. If you enjoy driving, you can make a difference by helping with their transport needs to important medical appointments or social activities.

Our choirs are all about coming together and sharing the feeling of what it is like making music together – it is a feeling of joy and elation! ACH Group is seeking two new volunteers to assist with the Sing for Joy Choir, based in Glenelg.